Maksim Chmerkovskiy in Social LifeTiffany Walling McGarity and John McGarity/Social Life

“I raised so many children at [my dance studios], I am ready to create one of my own,” the hoofer tells Social Life magazine. “I am really ready to create a family now. I need an outlet. I have so much I want to give, and I need someone to give it to.”

But Chmerkovskiy admits his backstage bonds with “DWTS” co-stars tend to get steamy.

“Do you know what a showmance is?” he asks writer Christine Montanti. “When you spend three months very closely with someone . . . it is like a summer love. You have no choice but to get involved.”

Recently performing on Broadway with his ex-fiancée, Karina Smirnoff, was “explosive and hot like our relationship,” and Smirnoff “would cry” even though “nothing makes her cry.”

He and J.Lo could hook up next in the Hamptons: He’ll be at Georgica on Saturday celebrating his Social Life cover, and she bought a home in Water Mill last year.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy in Social LifeTiffany Walling McGarity and John McGarity/Social Life